Chicago native graphic designer Sirita Render creates crisp, high-quality designs tickled with clever originality.
Sirita's affinity for the visual arts began in high school, via a series of paid apprenticeships in the renowned Gallery 37 Art Program in Chicago. This artistic experience laid the groundwork for a solid arts education. Sirita studied Studio Art at Barat College in Lake Forest, Ill.; and she graduated with Dean's List honors with a BFA in Art/Design, (concentration: Graphic Design) from the prestigious Columbia College Chicago.
With more than eight years of professional design experience under her belt, Sirita's natural eye for color and typography, coupled with versatile training, inspires her to incorporate techniques from both fine arts and graphic design into her unique imageries, distinguishable by their sleek style and refreshing interpretations.
Sirita's most recent experience entails working as the graphic designer of N'Digo. Now celebrating its 20th year, N'Digo magapaper is the largest verified circulated African American weekly magazine/newspaper in the nation. At N'Digo, Sirita creates editorial layouts and advertisements, as well as multiplatform corporate brand identity presentations for N'Digo's local and national campaigns including the event branding for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 N'Digo Foundation Gala's. Sirita also serves as the graphic designer of Singles Pleasing The Lord Ministries where she designs and re-designs the marketing and ministry materials, maintains the quarterly newsletter as well as provides creative direction for and maintains the ministry's official web site. Sirita also designed and oversaw production on Urban Livin', a quarterly urban home and lifestyle publication in Chicago and created numerous print and electronic graphics for local and national campaigns at a small graphic design and marketing studio in Chicago.
